Water Cycle
Earth Patterns and Cycles
Animal Behaviors
Simple Machines
Potluck
100
Rain, snow, hail, and sleet are all examples of this part of the water cycle-
precipitation
100
Tides are caused by the pull of the _________ on the earth's oceans.
moon
100
Ducks do this when they fly south each winter.
migrate
100
A ramp is an example of this type of simple machine-
inclined plane
100
This is the phase of the moon when you can't see any of it shining.
new moon
200
The origin of energy that drives the water cycle is the-
sun
200
When the moon appears to be a bright circle, it is in the ____________________ phase.
full moon
200
Many animals appear to sleep when they do this each winter.
hibernate
200
This makes raising a flag up to a high spot easier.
a pulley
200
This is below the very last layer of soil.
bedrock
300
In the process of evaporation a puddle of water becomes __________.
water vapor
300
Day and night are caused by this movement of the earth-
rotation
300
Animals that look like more dangerous animals are using _______________.
mimicry
300
An inclined plane wrapped around a post makes this simple machine...
a screw
300
Animals are _____________ because they cannot make their own food.
consumers
400
When warm moist air meets cooler air, this part of the water cycle takes place to form a cloud.
condensation
400
The earth takes one year to make one _____________ around the sun.
revolution
400
Behaviors that animals are born knowing how to do are called-
instincts
400
What is it called when two simple machines are joined together?
compound machine
400
Animals that can only eat plants are called ____________.
omnivores
500
Create a diagram of the water cycle including all major components.
Diagram must include condensation, precipitation, and evaporation with arrows showing how water vapor joins for clouds to form, the water falls to earth, and the process continues with the sun heating the water and it evaporating again.
500
Seasons are caused by the earth's revolution around the sun and ___________________.
it's tilted axis
500
A dog coming to you when you whistle is an example of a _____________________.
learned behavior
500
The center of a seesaw is this part of a lever-
fulcrum
500
A group of producers and consumers that live together in one area is called a _______________.
population or community